Don’t DWV
I do a lot of my videotaping from the car. One-hour commute and a busy day-job plus kids. Gotta squeeze the stuff in.
I’ve had a lot of warnings about DWV (Driving while videotaping) but this e-mail from my brother is my favorite. First his warning, then he recounts the conversation we had 15 years ago when I bought my moped.
After watching some of your videos, I was going to send you a message that the biggest hit was going to be when you got in a car wreck and the camcorder got some “washing machine” footage. Then I saw today’s meager effort, and it was a foreshadowing. BE CAREFUL!!!!!!!!
The conversation 15 years ago:
C: “Trust me, Kevin. If you ride a motor scooter, you will have an accident.”
K: “No. I’m going to be really careful.”
C: “I’m telling you: you WILL have an accident.”
K: “No I won’t. I’m going to be really really careful.”
C: “Listen to me. The point is that you are going to have an accident . . . ”
K: “No.”
C: ” . . . and the object is to limit . . . ”
K: “I’m very very careful.”
C: ” . . . how bad it will be.”
K: “Really. I’m very very careful. I’m going to be safe because I’m really careful.”
C: (PAUSE) “You’ve already had an accident, haven’t you?”
K: “Well, it wasn’t that bad.”
Something about fat chicks and mopeds….
Haha! Funny conversation. Tell me you just recalled it and didn’t actually have a saved 15 year-old transcript on your harddrive.
My brother has an uncanny ability to recall conversations that are decades old. Mostly the funny ones. He still recalls me declining pot by saying “sorry- I’m part of the Nancy-Reagan ‘just say no’ generation.” And I’m not sure I ever said that.
I’m getting a sense of your brother through various posts (and video) and he’s a character, too, isn’t he!?